Forms of Fiction Flashcards
5 elements of fiction
- Characters
- Setting
- Plot
- Point of View
- Theme
The people or animals that make things happen in fiction.
Characters
2 types of characters
- Flat Character
2. Rounded Character
It is drawn with only surface facts and details.
Flat Character
It refers to the fully developed character as opposed to flat character.
Rounded Character
It presents time, place, weather, and season.
Setting
The sequence of interrelated actions or events that make up a story.
Plot
Plot Structure
- Exposition
- Rising Action
- Climax
- Falling Action
- Resolution
It is where the struggles of a character are against another character, group, or society.
Man vs. Man
It is where the character is against the face of nature.
Man vs. Nature
It is where the character is against personal feelings, values, or needs.
Man vs. Himself
The eyes and mind which reader views the events.
Point of View
3 types of point of view
- First Person
- Third Person (Limited)
- Third Person (Omniscient)
It makes the story personal.
First Person
It focuses on one character’s perspective.
Third Person (Limited)
It is the most flexible outside narration.
Third Person (Omniscient)
The central idea or meaning of a story.
Theme
3 kinds of theme
- Moral
- Dramatic Premise
- Insight
3 techniques and literacy in fiction
- Tone and Mood
- Foreshadowing
- Symbolism and Motif
The attitude of the author towards the writing and the reader’s tone.
Tone
It refers to the general atmosphere created by the author’s words.
Mood
It is where the writer gives hints of coming events in the story.
Foreshadowing
The art of representing things through symbols in objects, events, or relationships.
Symbolism
It refers to the recurring element that has symbolic significance in the story.
Motif
